Cultural Resources Survey of the Laurel Park Tract

Summary

Brockington and Associates, Inc., conducted a cultural resources survey of the Laurel Hall

tract in the Town of Mount Pleasant, Charleston County, South Carolina. The tract covers 28 acres

of land located northeast of the intersection of US Highway 17 and Lexington Drive (0.83 miles

northeast of the intersection of US Highway 17 and SC Route 41). Archaeologists identified one

isolated find (Isolate 1) on the project tract during the intensive survey. The isolated find is not

eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. There are no extant structures on the tract.

Development of the tract will not affect any historic properties. Further management of the project

tract with regards to cultural resources is not warranted.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Charleston County

Keywords

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1696 to 1696 (Land owned by Captatin George Dearsly)

Calendar Date: 1696 to 1704 (Land owned by Thomas Hamlin and conveyed to William Capers and John Perry)

Calendar Date: 1706 to 1713 (John Abraham Motte settles the land and Youghal Plantation)

Calendar Date: 1713 to 1740 (John Perry dies and leaves lands to daughter Martha Perry Cleland)

Calendar Date: 1740 to 1748 (Land owned by George Benison)

Calendar Date: 1748 to 1751 (Land owned by William Benison)

Calendar Date: 1755 to 1757 (Land owned by Thomas Barksdale and conveyed to his son Charles Barksdale)

Calendar Date: 1757 to 1807 (Land owned by Charles Barksdale and inherited by Thomas Barksdale)

Calendar Date: 1807 to 1852 (Land owned by Thomas Barksdale Jr. and his wife Sarah)

Calendar Date: 1852 to 1859 (Land owned by James Macbeth)

Calendar Date: 1859 to 1917 (Land owned by Philip Edward Porcher)

Calendar Date: 1917 to 1928 (Land owned by Anne Porcher Gregorie and husband Ferdinand Gregorie)

Calendar Date: 1928 to 1985 (Land owned by Gregorie family)

Calendar Date: 1985 to 1998 (Land owned by Salah Hibri)

Calendar Date: 1998 to 1999 (Land owned by Laurel Park Associates)

Calendar Date: 1999 to 2003 (Land owned by Ameripark Mt. Pleasant Corp.)

Calendar Date: 2003 to 2003 (Land owned by Meridian Builders, Inc.)

Spatial Coverage

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Jonathan Leader; Rick Estee

Contributor(s): Susannah Munson; Brett Davis; Jimmy LeFebre; Catherine Runyan; Sarah Iseline; Emily Jateff; Allison Moore; Inna Burns; Carol Poplin

Field Director(s): Eric D. Sipes

Principal Investigator(s): Ralph Bailey

Sponsor(s): Meridian Development

Prepared By(s): Brockington and Associates, Inc.

Notes

General Note: During the survey only one isolated find was located and was deemed ineligible for protection under the NRHP act.

File Information

	Name	Size	Creation Date	Date Uploaded	Access
	laurel-park-report.pdf	3.84mb		Apr 11, 2013 12:40:01 PM	Confidential
	redacted-laurel-park-report.pdf	2.94mb		Apr 11, 2013 12:40:05 PM	Public